hahahah god damn. Skip to 35 seconds here. They describe Sora as a 'slot machine,' and they make it really clear that there is no way to get a consistent shot out of it. Dead on Arrival!

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KOKO: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor

For the past year, I've monitored anti-ULEZ protest marchers and groups, recently writing about how they've turned into an Islamophobic smear campaign against Sadiq Khan. Thanks to the Unearthed investigation team, we now know who is behind them. Tory staffers.

hyphenonline.com/2024/04/25/how…

Exclusive: Home Office civil servants are “running away” from roles linked to the Rwanda scheme, insiders have said

There is internal frustration over attempts to implement the government’s plans, which civil servants called 'unworkable' and 'a shit show'
inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

To reporters: don't ask about parallels to 1968-70. Get off your asses and talk to the people protesting on all sides, cultivate leakers among police/security/admin, find policy documents, follow the money, etc, etc, etc. Figure out what's happening NOW. Later, we can talk.

Extremely sad to report that i got a new phone and it auto updated my pre-musk twitter app to X :(

Sure, Ben's new company is evil, but they get the job done

Have seen a lot of discussion around the timing of when these sites were used for burials.

This is what we found putting together this coverage with Ben van der Merwe and Tom Cheshire .

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LET’S GOOOOOOOO

Iran is coming for dissident journalists in the UK, and the situation appears to be escalating dangerously

A new report by Reporters Without Borders RSF reveals that London has become a “particular hotspot” for threats and attacks
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1…

Follow this thread for a fact-checked watch-along of prime minister Rishi Sunak's press conference on the Rwanda scheme

I wonder if Denis Johnson’s ‘Man Walking to Work’ isn’t my all-time favourite poem

Promise I'll stop going on about this soon lol but just doing a final Sunday boost cos it might pair well with a coffee

Interviewed Roger Doyle, Elena López and Caroline Polachek about the story and surprising second life of 'Spring Is Coming Wirh A Strawberry In The Mouth' 🍓

The Food and Agriculture Organization misused my research to publish findings with a pro-meat bias ⚠️

The organization has been outdoing itself to distort the impacts of dietary change on the environment 🧵 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Mmmm yup 👍 that’s mud

The Iñupiat of Alaska traditionally use a base-20 number system. In 1994, students at Kaktovik middle school worked with their teacher to invent a way to write this, since they found our base-10 unfamiliar. After the invention of Kaktovik numerals, test scores rose significantly

I spent a long time experimenting with AI before finally writing about it in depth. It can be pretty useful — but is it worth it?

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ok wow I have wanted a reporter to write about this for YEARS theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

Max, max, buddy, when you do the self deprecating 'i lost so many friends' schtick you gotta also make a joke, otherwise it sounds really

Really

Sad

I do think it's wild that over the last 365 days almost every non-profit newsroom (including many NPRs and big names everywhere) have lost major funders and each time it's treated as an individual story and no one asks if there is an underlying issue.